A quarter of the way into the NHL season, general managers are starting to get a sense of what they have, what they need and it’s for that reason that there’s been an uptick in the volume of trade activity.

The question in Calgary is what is general manager Brad Treliving seeing with his club. A guy who is always looking for ways to make his team better, are there immediate needs to address? If so, what are they?

When Pittsburgh general manager Jim Rutherford came out last week and declared he was looking to make a trade, it was for good reason. His underperforming team had lost more games than they had won and they found themselves outside of a playoff spot. The Penguins woke up Monday morning last in the Eastern Conference.

Well, that is not the situation with the Flames. In second place in the Pacific Division, just two points back of San Jose and with a game in hand, Calgary (11-8-1) has gotten off to a fast start under new coach Bill...